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The naked shore : of the North Sea / Tom Blass.
Van Pelt Library DA670.N64 B63 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blass, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North Sea Coast (England and Scotland)--History.
- North Sea Coast (England and Scotland).
- North Sea Coast (England and Scotland)--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Great Britain--North Sea Coast.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
- Summary:
- Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked - even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the fates of nations. It's not all grim, though: the seaside holiday was born on North Sea beaches, and artists, poets and writers have been as equally inspired by glinting sun on the wave-tops as they have the drama of a winter storm. With a wry eye and a warm coat, Tom Blass travels the edges of the North Sea meeting fishermen, artists, bomb disposal experts, burgermeisters - and those who have found themselves flung to the sea's perimeters quite by chance. In doing so he attempts to piece together its manifold histories and to reveal truths, half-truths and fictions otherwise submerged ...
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781408815496
- 1408815494
- OCLC:
- 934038808
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